It is in my opinion that art has become increasingly more global with the sharp rise of social media outlets. I once excitedly started a conversation with someone about how the line between art and kitsch was blurred in our day and age (which started yet another rambling round about the shifting definitions of art and kitsch – which I do appreciate – and how the new types of kitsch popping up should actually be called “global trash,” but that is neither here nor there). 889 more words

“These laws, which A. Smith, Say, and Ricardo, have developed, these laws grow more true, more exact, then cease to be mere abstractions, in the same measure in which Free Trade is carried out…Thus it can justly be said, that the economists – Ricardo and others- know more about society as it will be, than about society as it is. 36 more words

Feminists have accepted the terms set by existing political arrangements in exchange for political representation for women, says Butler (1990). Even if they have succeeded, they have been unable to secure women representation without pervasive misrepresentation. 988 more words

Bee Bond and Peter Matthews from the University of Leeds are going to reflect their pre-sessional programme: Language through Communication and Society and its impact on the student agency and identity.420 more words